Hey everyone still new here. lots of great info on this site, Shame I didn't find it sooner. so what is the general consensus amongst the REI communities on tax lien auctions? 

A legitimate PM company ain't changing their contract for any customer.

You can use a co-borrower just make sure they have good credit and a (2) year work history of W2 income.Try and avoid self employed co-borrowers because their tax returns typically do not show income and are full of deductions.

Not to mention agent fees, staging, and short-term gains tax from the sale.

Is it better to buy a primary house with 5% down and stay for 2 years after which I can rent out (hoping rents increase by then) if not I can sell it and be and be exempt from taxes on capital gains.2.

They could use the tax break for gifting into someone's 529 and I wouldn't claim the money that goes straight into the kids 529. 

@Nicholas Devlin I have yet to find any legitimate lenders willing to do DSCR loans that small.

For tax purposes its a passthrough entity, but it makes it a lot cleaner to do tax strategies around maximizing expenses to lower taxable income. 

Using a 1031 Exchange we were able to defer capital gains taxes and upgrade to the VRC.

If you have or buying a rental/airbnb or even fix and flip.  Do you want the property in business name/LLC etc?Also if you have a business for just buying/selling land only and spend money/milage traveling to properti...